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General Studies Program Hours = 45
Foundational Core (Written, Math, Oral, Democracy) = 12
Distribution = 27
- Aesthetics minimum = 3
- Humanities minimum = 6
- Social Sciences minimum = 6
- Natural Sciences minimum = 7
- Analytical and Quantitative Thought minimum = 0
- Wellness minimum = 0
BA Language requirement = a minimum of 6
For specific language requirements see #2 of Bachelor of Arts Degree requirements.
Major Option = 33
Minor or 2nd Major = 24
Minimum total hours required coursework = 108
Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 17
Minimum total hours required for BA in Sociology = 125
* All UNK degrees require a minimum of 125 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for all UNK degrees must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above taken at a 4-year college or university.
Sociology Requirements (21 hours required)
Take all of the following:
- SOC 100GS Introduction to Sociology - 3 hours
- SOC 237 Sociological Inquiry - 3 hours
- SOC 300 Sociological Theory - 3 hours
- SOC 468 Senior Seminar - 3 hours
Take 1 course from:
- SOC 201 Social Inequality - 3 hours
- SOC 250GS Anthropology - 3 hours
Take 1 course from:
- SOC 225 Global Cultures and Diversity - 3 hours
- SOC 275 Social Psychology - 3 hours
Take 1 course from:
- PSY 250GS Behavioral Statistics - 4 hours (Prereq: PSY 203GS)
- STAT 235GS Statistical Techniques for Research I - 3 hours
Sociology Electives (12 hours required)
Take 4 courses from:
- SOC 300-SOC 488
- (except SOC 490; no more than 3 hours from SOC 475)
- SOC 300 - Sociological Theory - 3 hours
- SOC 310 - Introduction to Social Demography - 3 hours
- SOC 335 - The Aged in American Society - 3 hours
- SOC 340 - The Holocaust - 3 hours
- SOC 349 - Sociology of Work - 3 hours
- SOC 360 - Criminology - 3 hours
- SOC 363 - Juvenile Delinquency - 3 hours
- SOC 369 - Sociology of Gender - 3 hours
- SOC 370 - Sociological Research - 3 hours
- SOC 380 - Sociology of Sexualit - 3 hours
- SOC 410 - Globalization and Development - 3 hours
- SOC 420 - Race and Minority Relations - 3 hours
- SOC 430 - Sociology of Family - 3 hours
- SOC 440 - Sociology of Education - 3 hours
- SOC 442 - Sociology of Religion - 3 hours
- SOC 461 - Deviance and Social Control - 3 hours
- SOC 462 - Sociology of Health and Illness - 3 hours
- SOC 468 - Senior Seminar - 3 hours
- SOC 471 - Special Topics in General Sociology - 3 hours
- SOC 472 - Special Topics in Globalization - 3 hours
- SOC 475 - Internship - 1-6 hours
- SOC 488 - Research Seminar in Sociology - 3 hours
- SOC 490 - Directed Research - 1-3 hours